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PTI

July 13, 2016

UPDATED: July 13, 2016 20:15 IST

"Except Sikkim, almost entire northeast is affected by militancy problem. Only two per cent of it is connected to the mainland and the rest 98 per cent is attached to neighbouring countries. So security on border is very important," he added.

Rijiju announced that fencing work along the Indo-Bangla border in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram will be over by 2017.

"We will issue a booklet within two months on what we have done for people of North East," he said.

Rijiju also appealed to all the northeast states not to engage in inter-border disputes among themselves.

DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh said the government is working to improve connectivity in the regions eight states.